Head On is a sequel to one of his best recent works, Lock-In. It’s been a few years since I’ve read the book — I plan to revisit both it and the prequel document prior to reading the new novel — but if memory serves, it goes something like this:

At some point in the future, a disease causes a portion of the population to lose all motor function and mobility, existing only inside their heads. Technology is developed to grant a higher quality of life. This technology is controlled via a neural connection to its immobile user. The bipedal robots, dubbed “threeps,” become an integrated part of society. The sci-fi elements frame a story that essentially becomes a police thriller.

It’s quite good, indeed.

The new book follows the original, but can also be considered standalone, per Scalzi’s publisher, TOR.

Scalzi is doing a short tour for this book release, with more information available here. It appears to be a small tour — nothing even remotely close to us — but it’s a tour nonetheless.

Will you be reading this novel when it arrives? What’s your favorite Scalzi book? Let us know!

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Based in Colorado, David Buck is an author, musician, and media specialist for Nerdvana Media. His work has appeared on Tedium, EN World and across the web. In his spare time, he composes music, writes science fiction, and builds scale models, mostly starships and movie cars.